frorider420
Bronze member
Its a neat thread with a real point and i commend you for that, and congratulate you for your accomplishments, both in life and scootering. Im from Vermont and your damn right its hands down the most beautiful state. Try it in a week or so while the foliage is super bright.
I guess everyone's basically saying the same thing on this one. I think scootering, like skateboarding and biking is something that can quickly become more then a hobby, and sort of transcend into an obsession. And an obsession will change your life fast, no doubt.
Something like this i think goes hand in hand with a curtain lifestyle, so i think that like a lot of young skaters some of the riders have become, literally, a different person because they have found something like this that they ACTUALLY CAN DO WELL. Thats another point here... I think scootering is much easier to pick up, or at least do simple shit on, then skateboarding and biking, so you get alot of these young kids who are trying to find a scene like this to totally throw them self at in every way.
For me though, scootering has given my dream. You know when your young you always here that bull shit about have dreams and set goals... It doesnt matter until you get into the suck, but once your there, having something to dream IS CRUCIAL. I have a nice place, a beautiful girl and son... But work sucks so much and there's so much responsibility as far as money and where my time needs to go, having something to think about while i go to sleep and once common goal in the back of your mind at all times helps you to stay grounded, and keeps you from going over to the deep end and hitting your head ya know? To me, that goal would be being able to scooter or something very scooter related as a full time job, and obviously with that comes the dream of taking my riding game to the next level and riding with a pro team. But after 8 years of riding, that dream hasnt changed from day one, and i know it wont until i at least can move out to SD and fuck around for 4 or 5 years and just focus on my riding. And i wont settle until i do that. If i take 5 years and i still haven't been able to do shit, then fine...ill try some other shit, but i know ill always ride. But yeah..scootering has entirely changed the direction of my life, and given me a goal and a real reason to live and something tangible to shoot for.
I guess everyone's basically saying the same thing on this one. I think scootering, like skateboarding and biking is something that can quickly become more then a hobby, and sort of transcend into an obsession. And an obsession will change your life fast, no doubt.
Something like this i think goes hand in hand with a curtain lifestyle, so i think that like a lot of young skaters some of the riders have become, literally, a different person because they have found something like this that they ACTUALLY CAN DO WELL. Thats another point here... I think scootering is much easier to pick up, or at least do simple shit on, then skateboarding and biking, so you get alot of these young kids who are trying to find a scene like this to totally throw them self at in every way.
For me though, scootering has given my dream. You know when your young you always here that bull shit about have dreams and set goals... It doesnt matter until you get into the suck, but once your there, having something to dream IS CRUCIAL. I have a nice place, a beautiful girl and son... But work sucks so much and there's so much responsibility as far as money and where my time needs to go, having something to think about while i go to sleep and once common goal in the back of your mind at all times helps you to stay grounded, and keeps you from going over to the deep end and hitting your head ya know? To me, that goal would be being able to scooter or something very scooter related as a full time job, and obviously with that comes the dream of taking my riding game to the next level and riding with a pro team. But after 8 years of riding, that dream hasnt changed from day one, and i know it wont until i at least can move out to SD and fuck around for 4 or 5 years and just focus on my riding. And i wont settle until i do that. If i take 5 years and i still haven't been able to do shit, then fine...ill try some other shit, but i know ill always ride. But yeah..scootering has entirely changed the direction of my life, and given me a goal and a real reason to live and something tangible to shoot for.
